Proxy Assets

A proxy asset is an asset which is created when a source asset is transcoded into a
low-res version. The proxy asset always exists as a
child of a source asset and serves as a means of
browsing video and audio in Ooyala Flex's Web
Console. A proxy asset always has a proxy creation
context. A proxy asset file format is specified by
the transcode profile associated with a create proxy
action. In general, proxy asset file formats are
low-res audio-visual files that support playback in
HTML 5 and Flash video players. The reason for this
is that the Ooyala Flex console proxy viewer
supports HTML5 video and falls back to Flash if your
browser doesn't support HTML5 video.

It is possible to use Ooyala Flex's REST API to embed Ooyala Flex proxies into other web-based systems.